RON STARK
ACADEMY DIRECTOR
Guitar Instructor
Ron
received his music education at DePaul School of Music, where he focused
on guitar performance and was DePaul Guitar Ensemble Concertmaster for
three years. He has participated in master classes with Oscar Ghiglia,
Mark Maxwell, and Anne Waller, and attended on scholarship two sessions of
Southern Methodist University’s SMU-In-Taos Classical Guitar program. Ron
has studied under Brian Torosian (Northeastern University), Mark Maxwell
(DePaul University) and Robert Guthrie (Southern Methodist University),
and has performed as a soloist for concerts hosted by the Fox Valley Arts
Council, The Art Institute of Chicago, and the City of Naperville, as well
as many other venues. Ron has been a private guitar instructor for over 15
years; his experience includes designing and teaching the Naperville Park
District guitar program for several years. Ron has also contributed his
talents to many charitable fundraisers and events, including the Kendall
County Arts Guild and the Healing Arts program for Edward Hospital. Ron is
currently Executive Director of the Fox River Academy of Music and Art (in
Oswego, IL), and, in addition to his involvement with the Pantastic 4,
performs regularly as a soloist and with the Fox River Academy Guitar
Ensemble.
